An excerpt from an interview with Victor Johnson, conducted on January 19, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Johnson discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton speaking at a ceremony at Fannie Mae Dees Park, with a music ensemble at the event, circa 1980s. Located at Blakemore Avenue and 24th Avenue South, this urban park has informally been referred to as...

An excerpt from an interview with Victor Johnson, conducted on January 19, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Johnson discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton speaking at a ceremony at Fannie Mae Dees Park, with a music ensemble at the event, circa 1980s. Located at Blakemore Avenue and 24th Avenue South, this urban park has informally been referred to as...

An excerpt from an interview with Elizabeth Jacobs, conducted on December 22, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Jacobs discusses her role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. She...

A view of the Boathouse at Shelby Park, Nashville, Tennessee. This fanciful boathouse made from wood and concrete giving the appearance of a steamer emerging from the trees, was designed by E. C. Lewis for the Park’s opening. The boathouse once...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

An excerpt from an interview with Charlie Howell, conducted on January 5, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Howell discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

An excerpt from an interview with George Cate, conducted on January 18, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Cate discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

An excerpt from an interview with George Cate, conducted on January 18, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Cate discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

An excerpt from an interview with Fate Thomas, conducted on May 30, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Thomas discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

A landscape view of Dudley Park (Louise and Rebecca Dudley Park), located at Chestnut Street and Third Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. When purchased in 1913, it was known as the Chestnut Street Park and served as a playground for that park...

A landscape and construction view of Bordeaux Garden Park, at Snell Road near County Hospital in Davidson County, Tennessee. At the request of the people of Bordeaux represented by Councilmen Arch Carney and James Bates, the County Hospital leased...

A landscape view of Dudley Park (Louise and Rebecca Dudley Park), located at Chestnut Street and Third Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. When purchased in 1913, it was known as the Chestnut Street Park and served as a playground for that park...